Capitals edge Stars. Wood's pair lifts Devils over flyers
Jay Beagle’s goal at 19 seconds of overtime lifted the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the host Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
The Capitals won the opening faceoff in overtime and Beagle drove hard to the net to finish off a pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov. Washington extended its point streak to 13 games (11-0-2) and won in Dallas for the first time since the 2008 season.
Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie scored power-play goals in the third period to force overtime for the Capitals while Andre Burakovsky scored the game’s first goal. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves for Washington.
Adam Cracknell, Patrick Eaves and Jamie Benn scored for the Stars, while Kari Lehtonen made 18 saves in defeat.
Devils 4, Flyers 1
Rookie Miles Wood drew a game-changing penalty and recorded the first two-goal game of his NHL career to lead surging New Jersey past struggling Philadelphia.
Kyle Palmieri and Pavel Zacha also recorded goals and Michael Cammalleri picked up two assists to give the Devils their fourth win in their last six games (4-1-1). Goaltender Keith Kinkaid, who started for the second straight night in place of an ill Corey Schneider, turned aside 35 shots.
Rookie Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia, which was returning from a bye week and is 3-9-3 since its 10-game win streak in December. The Flyers allowed four or more goals in five straight games and in nine of their last 12 overall.
Blue Jackets 3, Hurricanes 2
Markus Hannikainen scored his first NHL goal as Columbus knocked off Carolina.
Scott Hartnell scored the game-winning goal – his second of the night – after receiving a tape-to-tape pass from Sam Gagner near the midway point of the third period as Columbus improved to 4-5-0 since winning 16 straight games.
Sebastian Aho netted a power-play goal and defenseman Justin Faulk scored his ninth goal of the season for the Hurricanes, who lost 7-1 to Pittsburgh on Friday night. Leighton made 17 saves.
Sabres 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Zach Bogosian scored the overtime winner to lift Buffalo over Montreal.
Brian Gionta and Cody Franson also scored for the Sabres. Artturi Lehkonen and Phillip Danault connected for the Canadiens. Robin Lehner made 36 saves for Buffalo while Carey Price stopped 35 shots for Montreal.
The Sabres came close to ending it in the dying seconds of regulation, but Price stood tall on a partial break by Matt Moulson before following it up with a perfectly timed flash of the glove on Rasmus Ristolainen.
Senators 3, Maple Leafs 2 (SO)
Tom Pyatt scored the decisive goal in the shootout for Ottawa.
Toronto took a 2-1 lead on a goal by Matt Martin in the third period only to have the Senators tie the game with 1:11 to play on a power play on a goal by Mike Hoffman.
Bobby Ryan scored in regulation and in the shootout for Ottawa, which finished 3-0-0 on its three-game road trip. Tyler Bozak scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost two in a row.
Oilers 7, Flames 3
Jordan Eberle had two goals and two assists and goaltender Laurent Brossoit picked up his first NHL win as Edmonton blasted Calgary.
Brossoit made 38 saves in his first NHL start this season and seventh career game. Anton Slepyshev, Mark Letestu, Connor McDavid, Oscar Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (empty net) also scored for the Oilers.
Matthew Tkachuk, Sean Monahan and Lance Bouma scored for the Flames. Edmonton chased Calgary goaltender Chad Johnson by scoring on three of its first four shots.
Islanders 4, Kings 2
Anders Lee scored his second goal of the game with 10:29 left in the third period as New York improved to 2-0-0 under interim coach Doug Weight.
Lee recorded his fourth twogoal game of the season, the ninth of his career and the second straight versus Los Angeles. John Tavares and Nick Leddy set up both Lee goals while Tavares and Jason Chimera also scored for the Islanders.
Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty scored in the opening 4:06 of the third period for the Kings. Peter Budaj made 32 saves for Los Angeles, which dropped its third straight and lost for the fifth time in eight games. (Reuters)